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braggart

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someone who boasts

a braggart who was always talking about how much money he made

Synonyms for braggart

blower,
blowhard,
boaster,
brag,
braggadocio,
bragger,
cockalorum,
cracker
[chiefly dialect],
gascon,
gasconader,
swaggerer,
vaunter

Words Related to braggart

blusterer,
cock

self-advertiser,
self-dramatizer,
self-promoter

braggart

adjective

Synonyms & Antonyms of braggart (Entry 2 of 2)

as in boastful, cocky

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for braggart

blusterous,
blustery,
boastful,
bombastic,
bragging,
braggy,
cocky,
swaggering

assured,
biggety
(or biggity)
[Southern & Midland],
bigheaded,
complacent,
conceited,
consequential,
egoistic
(also egoistical),
egotistic
(or egotistical),
important,
overweening,
pompous,
prideful,
proud,
self-conceited,
self-important,
self-opinionated,
self-satisfied,
smug,
stuck-up,
swellheaded,
vain,
vainglorious

arrogant,
assumptive,
bumptious,
cavalier,
chesty,
disdainful,
fastuous,
haughty,
high-and-mighty,
high-hat,
huffy,
lofty,
lordly,
masterful,
peremptory,
pontifical,
self-asserting,
self-assertive,
snobbish,
snobby,
snooty,
supercilious,
superior,
toplofty
(also toploftical),
uppish,
uppity

domineering,
high-handed,
imperious

highfalutin
(also hifalutin),
holier-than-thou,
pretentious

overconfident,
presuming,
presumptuous

confident,
self-assured,
self-confident

self-adulatory,
self-congratulatory,
self-contented,
self-gratulatory

self-applauding,
self-dramatizing,
self-glorifying,
self-promoting

self-affected,
self-centered,
self-engrossed,
selfish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for braggart

egoless,
humble,
modest,
uncomplacent

diffident,
self-critical,
self-distrustful,
self-doubting,
self-reproachful,
self-reproving

meek,
timid,
unassertive

down-to-earth,
unarrogant,
unassuming,
unpretentious

bashful,
demure,
introverted,
mousy
(or mousey),
overmodest,
retiring,
sheepish,
shrinking,
shy

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“Braggart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/braggart. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.

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